Category: Features
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European Speedrunner Assembly Plays Games for Fun and Charity!
From silly to serious ESA Marathon provides great videogame speedrunning entertainment for charity !
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See Your Partners True Colors: Play Survival Co-op With Them
Playing cooperative games with your significant other is fun, and it can also reveal things about your partner that otherwise wouldn’t surface in the daily grind.
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Inconsistency Is the Bane of Escape Rooms
Padlocks and digital clocks in escape room supposedly set in 19th-century witch’s hut? So-called escape room logic is banal and plagues many escape room companies, but there are other ways of room design.
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Throwing Out The Dice – A Villager Hunting In Animal Crossing New Horizons
With nearly 400 possible animals, there is probably a favorite for everyone in Animal Crossing New Horizons. Getting your favorite can, however, be challenging.
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I’ve played over 150 hours of Cyberpunk 2077 on PS4 and… – An examination of enjoying a broken-on-release game
Bugs, crashes and compelling characters. What’s Cyberpunk 2077 like after multiple playthroughs on PS4, and what does its release tell us about buying games today?
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The Gacha System – Why Genshin Impact’s Monetization System is Problematic
Exploring the machinations of the gacha system within the game Genshin Impact; how does it work, why does it work and what are the possible gameplay consequences of a system like this?
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Video games – not just entertainment
Finns play more games than two years ago. Games are not seen as time-consuming nonsense, but as communicative tools.
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Heroes 3 to help with social distancing
2020 brought in a lot of new challenges and finding new, online activities with friends is a key to passing the boredom.
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What does the future look like for Playstation classics?
How many years do old Playstation games and consoles have left in them? Have they come to the end of their road?
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The fall of HGC and the rise of Heroes of the Storm amateur league
Heroes of the Storm is one of the most well-known MOBAs. Though the professional scene was getting bigger each year since 2015, Blizzard decided to cancel HGC at the end of 2018, to the surprise of fans and pros. However, this was not the end.
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Multiplayer superseded couch co-operative games – and good stories
Playing with friends now requires more than just a game and something to play with. The second controller has changed to high-speed internet and Plus-membership fees.
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SBMM – The End of Casual Gaming?
Skill-based matchmaking shouldn’t exist in games that target the casual gamer and here’s why.
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Yakuza: Like a Dragon; How a Genre Shift Can Revitalize A Stale Series
A game review of Yakuza: Like a Dragon after beating the main story. A Japanese role-playing game (JRPG) set in a series known for beat ’em up gameplay, how does this black sheep fit in and does it bring honor to its family?
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Developing a little puzzle game during an ordinary evening
Game development has always been an interest of mine, but I have never created anything aside from lousy prototypes. That said, I decided to tackle the challenge of developing a little puzzle game. #indiegame #puzzlegame #gamedevelopment
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Life is Strange 2 – How it masterfully highlights the sibling bond
Life is certainly strange in Life is Strange 2, where it questions everything one takes for granted in one’s relationship with their sibling.
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How the COVID-19 pandemic has affected the CS:GO Esports experience?
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a massive impact on the world, and Esports is no different. In this text, I will explore some changes that the CS:GO scene has experienced during the pandemic. #csgo #esports #pandemic #covid19
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The Current State of World of Warcraft; Why Shadowlands Need to Be Good
An experienced player’s thoughts regarding the future of Blizzard’s World of Warcraft. Can Shadowlands bring resurrect WoW to fight for the MMORPG crown against FFXIV?
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A Report of Events on the Island by Your Eminence’s Faithful Servant, Tom Nook
Tom Nook works tirelessly. The will of his eldritch master cannot be denied. The inevitable cannot be denied. The Island must thrive.
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Nintendo Switch Online is a perfect way to get in touch with nostalgic games
Nintendo Switch Online gives those who are subscribed to it a great platform to play retro games and get some nostalgia fixes. However, new titles are added to the catalogues fairly inconsistently, which is not ideal.
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A year in South Korea: How I fell in love with the local gaming culture – and PC Bangs
At the heart of South Korea’s gaming culture are local Internet cafés, known as PC Bangs. I studied in South Korea for one year during my bachelor’s degree, and this is my story of exploring these venues.